Means for making and forming printing-slugs.



I. M. DOWNEY. MEANS FOR MAKING AND FORMING PRINTING SLUGS.

APPLICATION FILED MA1L15, 1918.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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MEANS FOR MAKING AND FORMING PRINTING SLUGS.

APPLICATION TILED MAE.15,1913.

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IRA M. DOWNEY, OF WAIBASH, INDIANA.

MEANS FOR- MAKING AND FORMING PRINTIITCi-SLUGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,415.

Patented Nov. 11 ti, lit

7 '0 am whom it may concem Be it known that I, IRA M. Downer, a citizen of the United States of America, residin at \Vabash, in the county of Wabash and tate of .Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Making and Forming Printing-Slugs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to im rovements in molds for making printing s ugs and has particular application to a mold for making linotype slugs.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a mold of the class described whereby the slugwill be formed with an offset or lateral extension designed to receive the characters or have the same impressed thereon for the purposes of folio or page numbering of books and the like, numbering the lines of bills, briefs, etc, when each line is numbered, and for setting galley numbers and the like. I

It is also my purpose to provide a mold by means of which a slug having an offset or lateral extension thereon may be formed and which will be constructed in such manner as to enable the application of the charactors from the matrices to the offset or extension, such offset or extension in conjanction with the main body or line of the slug forming, in some instances, a substantially L-shaped slug or line.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a printing slug formed from a mold constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the body of said slu". Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a mold for forming my slug. Fig. i is a cross sectional view of the mold. Fi 5 is a perspective view of the auxiliary or supplemental mold cap, the same being removed or detached from the mold. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of auxiliary or supplemental mold cap. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a further modification of auxiliary or supplemental mold can.

8 is a still further modified term or Hi iary mold cap. Fig. J is still anotluw :nodi fication of the mold.

Among the many possible uses or applacations of my slug are folio or page numb mg for books and the like, lino niunbmi "for bills, briefs and the like when each in is numbered and the setting of galley nous bers, etc. When using the slug Fur fol o or page and g: lley numbers and surh hi the characters or figures are printed on 1 same line with the c: ption orl railing. wise, the slug prints in alinement with (in; numbered line in briefs, bills and the like.

In carrying my invention into 'iraetim. to accomplish the above and other rosultau Li. employ a slug having its edges blank a 1" provided with an oll'set or lateral extone or a plurality of such otl'sets or extent as the case may be, which is designed. to ceive the characters for printing purpo in the use of the slug. This slug is nt-JIM- ably arranged above the line to be uuml um? and the extension or oll'set thereon depemb downwardly and ulines with the line to bl; numbered. Thus, a slug bearing the mun.- bers is independent of the limilylux in the rioting oi' captions or l\c:ulin;.1.. siizli captions may be duplicated from pa m to page without resetting. and the lobe or page numbers changed from even to odd and vice versa without allot-ting the caption or heading. Similarly. when numbering the lines of bills and briefs. the slugs hearing" the numbers may be utilized or tl'lll:-lt*l'i'i1l from one page to auotlu and without the necessity of renumlwring the lines. incideui to the taking down of the printed line oi. linotype. Fllll'iltl'lllfll't'. the character bearing slugs can be saved from job to job" thereby eliminating the necessity ol' it ting frequently used characters.

Referring now to the aeconi uurvimai' drawing in detail, and pm-timdarly to Figs. 1 and 2, A indicates the body oi the slug formed from a mold constructed in accordance with my present invention, while u donotes the lateral extension or ollsct formed on the slug. The edges of the body A oi the slug are blank while the adjacent end of the extension or offset, that is the end in proximity to what would be the linotype surface of the body of the slug, is adapted to have characters impressed thereon, as at c. In the present instance, this slug 18 shown as having only one extension or offset which is located at one end of the slug body and in this connection it will be understood that as many of such extensions or offsets as are desired may be formed on the body of the slug and located or arranged in any convenient relative positions. In the use of the slug, the main body thereof ispositioned intermediate the linotypes and preferably above the line to be numbered, while the extension or offset extends downwardly and alines with the line to be numbered, such extension being positioned at either end of the respective line.

In Figs. 3 to 8 inclusive, I have shown one form of mold for manufacturing or forming a slug and in the present instance, this mold embraces a body or keeper 1 provided with a suitable number of bolt holes designed to receive belts or the like whereby the mold may be applied. and fastened to the usual mold wheel, and having a flat upper surface; and a cap 2 adapted to rest upon the fiat surface of the body or keeper and having a flatsurface cotiperating with the similar surface of the body or keeper and forming therewith the slot or mold proper, the cap 2 being held spaced apart from the body orkeeper 1 by means of liners orspacing blocks 3, 3 at the opposite ends of the cap, such blocks being formed integral with the cap or detachably associated with the mold as a whole,-as desired. These spacing blocks or liners are, in this form of my invention separable from the cap 2, and interposed between the mold or slot forming surfaces of the body or keeper and the cap and preferably'resting at. its ends upon the spacing blocks or liners, is an auxiliary or supplemental mold cap 4 held spaced apart from the flat surface of the body 1. This auxiliary mold cap, is, in this instance, formed with a slot 5 adja-v cent to one end thereof. Thus, the metal forced into the slot or mold proper from the melting pot will be forced into the slot 5 in the auxiliary or supplemental mold cap with the effect to form an offset or lateral extension on the body of the slug and this offset or extension is designed to have the characters impressed thereon from the line of matrices in proximity to the mold slot, while the main body portion of the slug remains blankl In order to dispose the slot 5 of the auxiliary mold cap inclosing the metal of the extension in alinement with the matricesbearing the characters and to hold the main body portion of the slug away from the character bearing portion of the matrices, I form in the body or keeper 1 nuance of the mold an alining slot 6 which is relatively high as compared with the usual location of the alining slot in the molds now in general use. The height of this slot from normal position is preferably equal to the thickness of the body of the 'slug bearing the characters, approximately five or six points, (printers measure).

. To trim the character bearing slugs, the trimming knife usually employed and arranged adjacent to the mold wheel is provided with notches to permit the free passage of the extensions .on the slug.

In the modified form of auxiliary or supplemental mold cap shown in Fig. 6,

the mold slot forming surface of the cap is provided with transverseribs 7 spaced appropriate distances apart to produce ribbed slugs. In the form of auxiliary mold cap shown in Fig. 7. the same is shown as provided or formed with two slots 5, 5 spaced apart and designed to form two extensions or lateral offsets on the body of the slug, while in the form of auxiliary cap shown in Fig. I

8., the extension forming slot is shown formed adjacent the end of the cap opposite from the location of the slot in the cap illustrated in Figs. 3 to 7 inclusive.

Referring now to the form of mold illustrated in Fig. 9, I dispense with the auxiliary or supplemental. mold cap and form in the mold or slot forming surface of the main mold cap contiguous the mold slot, a

slot or groove 8. This form of mold is particularly adapted for. use where it is desired to form the body of the character bearing slug relatively large or deep, thereby eliminating the necessity of increasing the size of the mold which in some instances might result from the use of the auxiliary mold cap.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of employing' my invention will be readily apparent, and while I have herein shown and described one preferred embodiment of my improved printing slug and certain preferred forms of mold for forming or making such slug, I wish it to be understood that 1 do not confine myself to the-details of construction herein described and delineated, as modification and variation may be made within the scope of the claim and without departing from the spirit of the invention. For instance, the keeper or mold body may be provided with any suitable fastening means for securing the same to the mold wheel, and likewise, the mold cap, spacing blocks and keeper or body may be held assembled by any suitable means or in any preferred manner. Similarly, the

grooves or slots in the mold cap proper respective cap and, when a plurality of respondin with that of the auxiliary mold such slots or grooves are utilized, the same cap Where y the molded linotype slug will may have various relative positions. have lateral extensions thereon adapted to I claim: receive characters. 15

5 In a linotype mold, a body or keeper, a Tn testimony whereof I aflix my signaniold cap, and an auxiliary mold cap'interture in presence of two Witnesses. posed between the confronting faces of said keeper and first-mentioned cap andiform- IRA DOWNEY' ing with the adjacent surface of the keeper Witnesses. 10 the mold slot and having formed therein a FRANK L. ToUPrER,

plurality of slots each of a thickness cor- L. A. MORGAN. 

